Poleless tent



L. B. GOLDBERG ET m.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 27, 1927 Oct. 16, 1928Q 1,687722 L. B. GOLDBERG ET AL POLELESS TENT Filed Aug. 27, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 tending ridge 19, Fig. 4. Plugs17 a11e of the proper Size t fit the ixisiclos ofthe pipes 20 which forma part of the supports th at Will noW be dsoribed. Flugs 17 and the pipes 20 are provicled"With openings 21 whichaire in register when the parts are aSseinblecl and Wl1icli are ixdapted 130 receive the flat nds 22ofjl1o braoe rocls 23. The assembly comprising the arn1s and the partsassociatedtherewith is hold in elevated osition by means of two Y:Shapeclsupports' each of which consist-sof a com1ector' 24 haVing three lugs 25 tl1at lie. in the same plane lout which extencl at angles offlo'nshunclrsd twenty= clegrees from 'each other. .The pipes a1e remo vably seoured totwo 0f these lugs in the 1nannershown in F 5, while a shortsection ofpipe 26 issecured to the other lug ancl hold in place by meansof a1 rivet 27.. lipe 26 has a nut 27 =helcl in Position withintl1e pipe by means of a plurality of indentzitions 28. in tl1e mam'1er shown in Fig. 8. A plug 29 is seoured t o the lower encl of pipe 26. The. stem of the Y- shapedmembei also c0mprises a short section of pipe 30 that carries a nut 27 that is hold. in

pla ce in tl1e Same manner as the corresponoling nut is securedto pipe 26, a. plug 29 is secured totheupper end of pipe 30. Nuts 27 and 27 a.re 'reversely. threaded, one being provided With.a. righthand threacl, and t-he other Witha thei other direction, they a1e inovecl closer tog therlf The'. constructi'onshown in Fig. 8'

fomnswh'at may befefmed mjack Wl1i0h can be used f0r stretchingthe tent in a manner which Will be horeinafter more fully lesc1ibecl. The 10Wer ends of pipes 30 2ire p1fef erably placedupon a board 33 so that they can be rotated Without cutting into'the surface of tl1e ground, Fig. 1. 1The brace rods23 are' preferalolymacle 01 tw0 p'1pe5 Wlll0ll ar6. telescopically connected, the smaller pipe 23. telescopingwithin the larger pipe 23. -Thesetwo seotions of pipka can be clanoped in-adjusted position by means 0f a clamp like that-shvvn in Fig. 6.

\Vhen our support is einployed the tent is erected in=the followin@mannerr The tent is plziced upon the grouncl With the' floor portion thereof spread out so as to determiriia its exact size, thalower edges of the te1'1t Walls. are then securedto the ground by meahs of thetent stakesin the 1isual man1ier. The assembly 'conoprising' a. t1ibular member 1'; andhirigerl arms 10 isnow put in place within (zentral point.

f'or a=poleless tent comprising,

the tent ai1d so adjsted that the a.rms Will ex- 3 tendln the directin of theridges of the tent roof. 'A. temporary center pole like that IshoWi1 'clott ed in Fig..l ancl;which consists of t-hree sections AB ahcl'Cis 110W omployecl "for rziisihgth6 p21rts ancl for hololing them in 1aisoclpositi0n until the Y-shaped supports can be put in place. After the temporary centerpole'has been exterided, One: ofthe Y-- shaped supports is put into place along one side of the te nt und the plugs 17 inseTtecl' in the encls of the pipes 20. The stretching jack shown in F1 gu1e 8 is 110W operated so as to extend the Y shzlpeclsupport in order t0 put the.pgxrts under teng'sion. The other Y- shapecl suppolt is now put into placejin tl1e samonoanner alter whish the bra ie r0ds 23 211e1pufiinto place.with their ends 22 inselrted through the"pipes 23 and through the plugs 17 i111 the manner shown in 3. The

lengths 015 thsb1ace 10C1S ca n be adjustecl as may be requirecl. The' projecting pipes 15 are inserted into holes inthe canVas in the mzinnershown i n'Fig. 5. WVlien the parts are assembled in the manner describiad and shown, the cranks 3202111 be operatecl so as to put the parts uncler sufiicient tension 1 0 make th tent rigid -and 110 holclthe roof properly stretched- It is ap1 arentthat a te nt supporteol by the manS clescribed Will have 110 obstructing Center pole f0l the reason that the temporary enter pole is used merelyl during the erecti0n "of the tent and is removed as'sooh as the other supports are put into place, and therefore the entire floor area is available for use. The 'framework above described 13acked-into a small bu'ndle for the reasonfchat the pipes 20 and the brace rocls23fcarl be det-ac'hed zuid laid parallel t o ezich other and the stem of the Y shapeclniembers alsof forms a unitary cle vice which is adaptecl -to- .be pac'keicl' alongsicle of ba'rs 20 und 23. T-he ziss mblycomprising tl1e arms 10, can bof0lded so that the arms lie Practically parallel one With the other, zmcl therelore the Qnti re supp0rting frame, includin*g the tempor a.ry canter pole Will form a small und compactbundle that can Be easilytransportecl.

Having described tl1e inventioh what is cla1mecl as 11ew 1s:

in combination, two Yshaped supports arranged o'pposite 1:rom each ot-her and spacecl apart andsupporting bars extencling from the11p] 3er encls of said Y-shaped Supports t0 a 2. Asupport in combinatibn, two Y -shapecl supports arranged opposite from each other und spacecl 'apart and supportingbars extencling frbm theupper ends of saicl Y shaped Supports to a cencral point zind tods extending from the unper endsof each support t0:th corre sp0ncling end of the "other.

3. A Support for a poleless teflt comprisi ng a short tubular secti.on, four arms each having one end hinged 't0 the tubular sectionysaid arms extending radially, two Y-shaped supp01ts and means fo1 nmking connection be tween the 0uter erids 0f th arms and the upper ends of the supports. V

4. A device in accordance with claim 3 in Which the arms are euch formed from two telescopically connected members provided with clampirig means.

5. Adevice in accordance with c1aim 3 in which the stems cf the Y-shaped supports a1e provided with means f0l' vary ing the-i1 length.

(S. A device ingccordance with claim 3 in which -the stemsof the Y-shaped'supp'orfs a1e u formed fronrytwo sections of pipe one of Whi0h carries a right band thread and the other 0f which carries a l'eft hand th1ead and an intrmediate section having aligned end portions and an intermediate offset portion forming -a crmk, the .end portions having right and 'left band threads adapted to cooperate Wih the nutsin the pipe sections.

In testim0ny whereof we aflix 0111 signatures.

LOUISB. GOLDBERG. NATHAN GOLDBERG. WVILLIAM GOLDBERG.- J ACOB M. GOLDBERG. 

